Soldier sacked 3 days before before able to get pension – loses out on £100k

Having read the article, The Mirror merely highlighted this case as an extreme example, however the real story is that this tactic is being widely employed with service men in the last one or two years of their time.

Of course the MOD are sticking to the official line that point of service time has no bearing whatsoever on the redundancy, if that was genuinely the case, why not simply allow these personnel serve out their time and not replace them?.

This is cost cutting on the backs of service personnel many of who have laid their lives on the line, as far as help for ex-military personnel is concerned there is no constant, some are helped, some are just tipped overboard like so much waste.

The case only a couple of weeks back, young soldier severely injured, loss of leg and massive internal injuries, through guts and determination this young lad has achieved his first target, that was make it to the local shop and buy his own paper, immediately some over blown officious prat in the benefits office decides that this lad can now walk and no longer qualifies for any disability allowance.

When querying this he was told, “well you have an artificial leg which is just as good as anyone else”, totally ignoring his list of other injuries which would have killed most people and are still a major disabling factor. Because of the furore that erupted involving his local MP, Councillors and ex-regiment his case was re-evaluated and benefits restored, this should not be happening at all.

No, of course not, Kev and if that is the case here then it is not acceptable but there seems to be more here than we are aware of. If his story is true and that he was the 21st man then presumably he would have some form of appeal.

That’s true Charlie but I suspect you wouldn’t think that one of the risks you are taking is the denial of your pension on what seems a technicality.

Regards,

kev35

Quite true but you volunteer and you know and accept the risks when you sign up.

How many jobs are you expected to serve your country and, if need be, lay down your life?

This is happening to quite a few service personnel at the moment and it certainly smacks of bean counters sticking pins on the short side of a person’s service…

I tend not to sign these online petitions anyway – they are rarely taken notice of due to the possibility of rigging…

Beats me – I still have to work part-time – no pension pot in the small struggling family business!!:eek:

93k aint bad. I only got 56k for 19 years from my last job.

Beats me, I got 45K for 30yrs.

Jim.
Lincoln .7

Indeed . And if you read the various service help sites it is clear that as much as possible has been and is being done to ameliorate the problems early redundancy is causing, notably the extremely generous settlement terms.

There is certainly another agenda here ( A Daily Mirror one presumably ) and I will not be signing anything until things are clearer.

93k aint bad. I only got 56k for 19 years from my last job.

I think I would like to know the FULL story prior to signing the Petition.
As Kev stated, I too believe there is more to this, than we, so far know.
Jim.
Lincoln .7

I don’t know but presumably the notice applies whether or not you are “coincidentally” sick on the day of your redundancy.

You cant be made redundant whilst on sick leave I believe. I would contemplate going sick with stress and let it take him over the 3 days. I may be wrong and I’m sure some one will tell me.

Being given 12 months notice of his impending compulsory redundancy and sent on his way with £93,000 in his back pocket plus a pension of £5,000 from the age of 60 is hardly being sacked.

Whilst it does seem somewhat scurrilous that he is no longer elegible for his full pension, I can’t help wondering why it took him a year to work out that his date of redundancy was just three days short of his eighteen years.

I’m guessing there is more to this than meets the eye.

Regards,

kev35